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I have three versions of the same survey in one questionnaire and link.
They all have the same start and end, only the middle part (core questionnaire related to one study site) is randomized .
the structure looks like this:
common introduction-randomized (tay, Forth, Clyde group of questions)-common end.

I want to create two types of quotas:

-A max 60 responses for the pilot. I tried to create a quota but it asked me to link it with a question, and I don't know how to do it in general not according to a question response.

-A quota for each Tay, Forth and Clyde survey. I am not sure how to do this. If I put a quota question before the randomization (the one that randomizes Tay, Forth or Clyde questions) and lead them to a message saying we reach the survey limits they will be categorized as disqualified responses.
For example if I reach 30 (max limit) in Tay, the future people getting the tay questionnaire will be send to the disqualification message even though they might be useful for answering other versions of the survey (eg. Forth or Clyde questionnaire).
Is there any way of sending them to the other questionnaire versions (if they haven't reached the limit) or to a disqualifying message (when the limit has been reached)?

-Finally I wanted to ask how you managed to get a representative sample on age and gender. Did you also use quotas associated with that question responses?

You can create 2 separate quota questions for Gender and Age. Their logic will based on the actual question rather than a constructed list (e.g if Q1 is the Gender question, the logic would be Q1=1 for male and Q1=2 for female). Make sure you place these quota questions AFTER the Gender and Age questions have been answered. If the Gender and Age quotas have been satisfied, then you can move onto the survey select quotas I have defined above.

If you are implementing a pilot, you can do this in a separate pilot survey and set your quota targets accordingly. If you want it all together (pilot + main), you can modify the code I have supplied and targets depending on what you want to achieve.

Hi I am sorry but I am quite new on this software. I also need to specify that this questionnaire is only for the pilot.

I have a few questions.
Does this approach work if I need to have only one link for all versions of the survey (panel company requested that)?
Where I createt the constructed list?
I understand the code you sent me but have a few questions. What happen if all the quotas are closed, does it send it to the end of survey? How does this approach link to the actual core questionnaire i defined earlier?
For now I just randomized Q1tay, q1forth and Q1clyde. Then if they got Q1 tay they are directed to q2tay with a skip logic (a similar logic applied to three versions). Now my question will be if thia logic will be still applicable with your code?

My quota question QTSurvey and my constructed list SurveySelectList work together as a team to determine the survey pathway - Tay / Forth / Clyde. The survey pathway is stored as the 1st list item in my constructed list SurveySelectList.

To create the constructed list, you need to click on the notepad icon at the top. It is between the screw driver icon and the key icon. Once you have done this, you will see a button in the bottom left hand corner called "Add constructed list". Click on this. Insert my script into the window that is titled "Constructed List Instructions". Select SurveyList as your parent list. Give this constructed list a name called "SurveySelectList". Now hit the OK button to save this constructed list.

If you have ALL quotas filled, then every future attempt to complete a survey will send it to the termination page you direct your disqualified / terminating surveys to. You can modify quota targets midway through field work if you desire and open quotas up.

You can use skips to direct the survey to the correct pathway. The logic you should use is as follows ...

If Tay is selected in the constructed list, SurveySelectList, then you should skip to the Tay section of the survey by inserting the following logic in the skip ...
Tay - ListValue(SurveySelectList,1)=1

This is the skip logic for Forth ...
Forth - ListValue(SurveySelectList,1)=2

And this is the skip logic for Clyde ...
Clyde - ListValue(SurveySelectList,1)=3

If you need me to send you an example, I'd be happy to assist. I think seeing a working example would be a good way to get you up and running. It's after midnight here in Australia so if I don't get to it now, I will certainly whip it up in the morning.

I am assuming you have v8 or v9?

Send your email to paulmoon@aapt.net.au if you need a working example.

Hi Paul,
Your code work well, thanks for that. Doing the analysis of the data, I realized that the QSURVEY variable is not working properly. I believe this variable capture the type of survey people were directed to, but in case these survey was full that does not necesarily means that this will be the variable answer at the end.
Do you know if there is any way to create a variable which gives me the actual result?. Maybe some code that test when respondents reached the last question of each survey?.

1.Do you always need to add a skip logic into each quota question? If so, how can I add a skip logic (that directs to the main body) without skipping the introductory questions?

2.The quotas are not working properly. They limit the number of responses BUT don't recognise the survey answered.
In the administrative page it tells me I have one completed survey (1 /10 ) for the Forth version, but when I look at view data, I can see that the completed survey is answering the Forth version.
Can you imagine why is this is happening?